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Antonio José Coelho Louzada

1828–1859

A short-lived Portuguese novelist of the mid-19th century, he is remembered for fiction tied to Porto and for the 1857 novel Na consciencia. His work survives mainly through digitized editions and library records rather than a widely documented public biography.

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Os tripeiros

Os tripeiros

by Antonio José Coelho Louzada

About the author

Antonio José Coelho Louzada, also found as António Coelho Lousada, was a Portuguese writer who lived from 1828 to 1859. Reliable online records for his life are quite sparse, but library and book sources confirm him as the author of Na consciencia: romance, published in 1857.

He is also associated with A Rua Escura: tradição portuense, which points to an interest in Porto and in local or historical themes. Because so little well-sourced biographical material is easily available today, he comes across as one of those 19th-century authors whose books have lasted longer online than the details of their personal story.

That scarcity gives his work a certain curiosity: he belongs to the broad world of Portuguese Romantic-era fiction, yet much of what modern readers can confirm comes from surviving editions, digital archives, and bibliographic catalogs. For listeners who enjoy literary rediscoveries, he feels like a writer waiting to be found again.